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State health department reports 17 new COVID-19 deaths

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Posted at 12:15 PM, May 03, 2020
and last updated 2020-05-03 12:15:16-04

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Health reported 17 more deaths from COVID-19 Sunday, while the number of people who have tested positive approached 20,000.

According to the state health department, 1,132 people are confirmed to have died from the coronavirus and 19,933 people have been diagnosed, an increase of 645 since Saturday.

A total of 114 probable COVID-19 deaths have also been reported, but none since Friday. ISDH said probable deaths are that a physician listed COVID-19 as a contributing cause based on X-rays, scans and other clinical symptoms but for which no positive test is on record.

Deaths are reported based on when data is received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

According to the state health department, Marion County continues to have the most deaths and cases in the state with 360 and 6,176.

A total of 108,859 people have been tested in Indiana with 18.3% testing positive, according to the state health department.


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